On the other side of the Tigris River is a paradise for the rich, green trees and flowers are spread along the riverbank, a splendid palace is distributed among the green trees and flowers, this is the settlement of the Baghdad aristocracy, the environment is elegant, quiet and comfortable, at dusk, an elegant and small carriage quickly passes through the rows of green trees, directly into a palace wrapped in greenery, the carriage stopped, Abasai walked out of the car with the support of two maids, and asked the palace guard worriedly: "Is Dzhelfar there?" ”

"The lord is here, please come with me." This palace is the summer residence of Djelfar, you can see the sparkling Tigris River in the distance, the breeze is cool, very cool, Djerfar usually stays here in the summer, he is in a good mood today, when he heard the news of the arrival of the princess, he greeted him with a smile from afar, "Dear Abasai, my moon, why did you think of coming to me today?" ”

"Djelfal, I'm scared." Abbasel's mood was unusually low, and he was not infected by Dzerfar's enthusiasm, and the smile on Dhelfar's face gradually disappeared, but he still said softly to Aba Race: "When you come to me, are you still afraid?" ”

"I knew I wouldn't go to any Tang poetry class." Abasai sighed faintly, and briefly said that Cui Yao had seen the vomiting in the morning.

"You mean you were seen by that Cui Yao." Dzhefar stared at Abasai violently, and his kind and amorous eyes suddenly turned gloomy, his good mood for the day was ruined, and he knew very well the consequences of Abassai's pregnancy being leaked, not only by the anger of the caliph, but also by his father. It will be a huge scandal for their family, who has tarnished the innocence of Princess Abasai.

"Dzerfar, don't look at me with such eyes, my heart is even more uncomfortable." Abasai's eyes were filled with tears of grievance beautifully. "I want you to find a way to marry me, I don't want our other child to live in Mecca forever."

The gloom in Dzerfar's eyes disappeared for a moment, and was replaced by a gentle smile, and he took Abassay into his arms, kissed her on the forehead, and said, "Don't worry. I promised you a long time ago that I would definitely marry you. But it will take time, slowly convincing the caliph to change his mind, and my father, but your reaction is becoming more and more obvious now. The lower abdomen is also about to bulge, and sooner or later it will be discovered by the caliph, and we will still follow the method last time, you go to Mecca for a year on the pretext of pilgrimage, and by the way, look at our little Salbo, what do you think? ”

But Abasai was in turmoil, and this was her second child. When will there be an end? She didn't want to go to Mecca, but she really missed her three-year-old son. At last she looked up at Djelfal's determined gaze, and nodded in submission. "Alright! I'll go and tell Brother Wang tomorrow. ”

She took the initiative to kiss Dzhelfar's lips and said softly, "Then I'll go first, remember, you must come to Mecca often to see me." ”

"I will definitely come." Dzhelfar put his arm around her waist and lifted her into the carriage, which he watched disappear into the thick boulevard, his smile faded away, and he walked into his room with a gloomy face.

He got the news this morning, that the Tang man went to the palace immediately after leaving the Imperial Library, where he talked to Rashid for a long time, God knows what they talked about, did this Tang man surnamed Cui tell Rashid about Abasai's pregnancy?

Sweat began to grow on Dzerfardi's forehead. The consequences of this incident were severe, and it was not just the wrath of Rashid. The key is his father. He strictly forbade their family to have anything to do with the Hashemite family. This is unthinkable to outsiders. This Bermacian family has been closely related to the Hashem family since the time of the Abbasids. But in fact. It began with the titular marriage of Djelfar and Abasai. Yehaya was resolutely opposed. He warned Zhelfal more than once. If he once crosses the line. He will be stripped of all family successions. That's what scares Jelfar.

He couldn't resist Abasadi's tenderness. Finally crossed that line. It's not just relationships. Abasai had already given birth to a son for him three years earlier. Hiding in Mecca. Now she's pregnant again. If only the father knew the truth. What will be the consequences of that

Djelfal frantically walked around the room with his hands behind his back. Rashid probably knew. It is also possible not to know. But my father must not have known it yet. He is not in Baghdad now. The key is how to seal this matter. Abasai went to Maishen to live in a simple house, and he could hide it for a while. But how should those insiders shut their mouths? Come and think about it. A hint of viciousness slowly flashed in Dzerfardi's eyes.

Cui Yao lives in an ordinary house near the west gate of the outer city. This is a house in Baghdad by Muta. It's usually empty. There was no servant to clean it. There were no servants to serve them. Only Cui Yao lives alone. He goes out early and returns late every day. Three meals a day are solved in the library. He came back just to sleep. Although the library can also provide him with accommodation. But he liked the atmosphere of Baghdad's civic atmosphere. But he's leaving here tonight.

Lived in this house for half a year. Cui Yao also had a sense of nostalgia for it. The night is falling. He returned from the library to his home. Prepare to pack up and leave Baghdad to return home. After Muta left Baghdad. Cui Yao hired another manservant to clean the house for him. But he was still a hundred paces away from the house. He discovered the anomaly. I saw the door of my house open. The doorway was filled with a large crowd. One by one, they looked into the room. Talk. A dozen soldiers are maintaining order. Cui Yao was shocked. He didn't know what was going on. But he didn't dare to step forward. Just hide behind the crowd and secretly observe the situation. Soon. The crowd of onlookers quickly dispersed. Step back. Several soldiers carried out a corpse covered in a black cloth from the room. "Ahh Cui Yao almost shouted. He recognized the dead man from the corpse's floor shoes. It is the servant who invited himself. His mind was in a mess. Why? Why he was killed. Is it a burglary of property? Cui Yao immediately dismissed the idea. His house was empty. There is nothing at all. Could it be that someone wants to kill the Tang people? This conjecture is as ridiculous as it was earlier. He walked in and out every day with his face covered. He is also fluent in Arabic. Even his neighbors didn't know he was a Tang Dynastyman. Then. A name suddenly popped into Cui Yaodi's mind. Yehaya!

Yes. Other suspicions are most obvious. He may have known a little bit about what he was talking to Rashid. I'm going to kill myself. Come to think of this. Cui Yao involuntarily touched the letter in his arms. Rashid said that the letter is related to the strategic interests of the northern region of the Tang Dynasty. In other words, it has to do with the Uighurs. and his life at stake. In no case should the capture of Bahanna be allowed to repeat itself.

Cui Yao immediately turned the camel quietly and walked towards the west gate in a hurry, he could no longer go to Rashid, with the power of Yehaya. He could no longer enter the palace. The only way to do this is to get out of Baghdad as soon as possible. Leave Yahaya's sphere of influence.

There was no change at the city gate, although Cui Yao had the caliph gold medal on him. But he didn't dare to show it easily, it would be a sensation, but it would not be conducive to his escape.

He also had an iron sign on his body, which was given to him by Rashid's guard officer, which was enough to deal with the ordinary shrimp soldiers and crab generals, Cui Yao shook the iron plate at the soldiers guarding the gate, and the soldiers immediately put away their spears and stood upright, and let him immediately swagger out of the city gate.

Out of the city, it was already completely dark, but he didn't know how he should go back to Datang, he had nothing on him, not to mention eating, not even a blanket to sleep on, Cui Yao stopped for a while, thinking about countermeasures.

At this moment, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly came from the city gate not far behind him, and a group of men and horses galloped towards him, and soon approached him, and he immediately turned his back and covered his face with a black scarf.

"Mr. Cui walked slowly," no matter how he disguised it, the cavalry still recognized him, the cavalry stopped behind him, Cui Yao slowly turned around, and his nervous heart finally relaxed, and the person who came was the guard officer of Rashid.

"Mr. Cui is in a hurry, what happened?"

"Didn't you go to my dwelling?" Cui Yao asked in surprise.

The guard officer shook his head and said: "I was going to go, but when I got to the city gate, I heard that someone used my iron card to go out, I thought it could only be you, so I chased after me directly, what happened to the end?" ”

Cui Yao knew that he was Rashid's most trusted confidant, so he whispered to him: "Please tell Your Majesty that Yehaya wants to kill me." ”

"Who?" The guard officer suddenly shook his head and smiled, "Impossible, Yehaya is now in Damascus, it is impossible for him to know about you, let alone kill you." ”

At this time, Cui Yao was a little confused, was it really to rob money and kill people? Seeing that he was a little dazed, the guard handed him a letter and said with a smile: "Your Majesty the Caliph ordered me to see you off, this is the Imperial Library to give you a land pass, remember, you are going to Sindh to study Sanskrit, not to go back to the Tang Dynasty." ”

After saying that, he waved his hand, and more than 20 people came up behind him, all leading camels, and the camels were carrying a lot of supplies, and the guard officer pointed to these people: "They are all your servants, and they will serve you wholeheartedly along the way, originally Your Majesty wanted to use his personal guards to protect you, but Princess Abasai suddenly wanted to go to Mecca, so she had to be sent instead." ”

Princess Abasai! Cui Yao's mind was like lightning and fire, and he reacted suddenly, why did Princess Abasai suddenly go to Mecca, she must have gone to hide, so the person who wanted to kill herself was very likely to be Dzhelfar, this was an idea that shocked him, the more he thought about it, the more likely it was, Abasai knew that he had discovered her secret, so he immediately went to discuss with Dzhelfar, and naturally came up with two plans, one was that the princess went to Mecca to hide, and the other was to kill herself, but she killed the servant by mistake.

Thinking of this, Cui Yao suddenly had a hatred for Abasai, and covered it up for her, but she turned against herself, she really couldn't be pitied, he suddenly made up his mind, and whispered to the guard: "Don't ask me why, you can report to Your Majesty and ask him to send someone to spy on the princess, and Your Majesty may be able to get what he wants." ”

After that, he arched his hand, "I take my leave, general, please take care." "Take care, Mr. Cui!"

In the night, two dozen camels headed east, gradually disappearing into the deep black fog.

Fifteen days later, Cui Yao and his entourage arrived in the capital of Khorasan, Mulu City (present-day Mali, Turkmenistan), which was also the starting point of the Abbasid Empire, about 50 years ago. It was here that the Khorasans began their wars against the Umayyad dynasty and eventually established the Abbasid dynasty, and as a result, the Khorasans enjoyed a high position in the empire. They only paid zakat and no longer had to bear any other taxes, and there were a large number of Khorasan nobles gathered in the city of Mulu, so the economy was prosperous and the city had a large population. It is the second largest city in the Amu Darya River after Samarkand.

Cui Yao did not enter the city, and the governor of Mulu was Yehaya's confidant. He didn't want to cause trouble, so he just made a simple supply outside the city, and then walked around the city, and traveled about thirty miles after passing Mulu City. And they came to the middle of the desert.

June was a hot day in the desert, the sun was baking the earth like a fire cage, the piercing sun shining down from the sky, although the heat was almost breathless, each of them wore thick black robes to protect themselves from the direct sun, and only the extremely endurance camels walked unhurriedly on the sand dunes.

"Uncle Mirande. When will this desert end? Cui Yao asked loudly in the wind and sand. In fact, he had traveled this route when he came to Baghdad with Agush, but it was winter. He was curious about foreign lands, so he crossed the desert before he knew it. But it's the height of summer, and every mile is extremely difficult.

Among his servants, the leader was a fifty-year-old Sogdian, called Midland, this road was a place he often walked, he was very familiar with it, and when he saw that Cui Yao was already a little impatient, he smiled and said: "Sir, don't be impatient, this desert road is about three hundred miles to Amu Darya, generally speaking, it is day and night, the key is to find an oasis, we can stop and rest." ”

When Cui Yao heard that there were still three hundred miles, he was deflated all of a sudden, and couldn't help but ask, "How far is the oasis closest to us?" ”

"Look! Isn't that it? Midland pointed into the distance and smiled, Cui Yao looked in the direction of his finger, and sure enough, seeing the green shadow in front of him, he shouted excitedly, urged the camel, and walked towards the oasis with a hundred times the spirit.

The oasis is not big or small, covering an area of about ten acres, in fact, it is a spring water bubbling out, forming a small lake, the lake water is clear and sweet, surrounded by dense aquatic plants, everyone cheered, all jumped off the camel and threw themselves to the lake, Cui Yao also buried almost his entire head in the water, desperately drinking the sweet spring water, only after the purgatory-like desert, will he deeply appreciate the importance of water, he drank full, the big characters lay down facing the sky, the sun is no longer shining, he found that the sky is so pure.

Everyone hurried to sleep soundly by the lake, Cui Yao also fell asleep unconsciously, suddenly, he was woken up by a slight vibration sound, it was night, the sky was full of stars, as if hanging on the blue flannel pearl shirt, Cui Yao sat up, listened quietly, it seemed to be the sound of horses' hooves, knocking on a small piece of Gobi near the oasis, the number is not much, I can hear about twenty or thirty horses, this is strange, all the way to see the merchants are riding camels, there are actually horseback riding land, how can they get by this three hundred miles of desert?

"Uncle Mirande! Uncle Mirande! Cui Yao hurriedly shouted a few times, and the surrounding entourage sat up one after another, but Mirander was nowhere to be seen, and at this moment, a terrible scream suddenly came from afar, and everyone's hair stood on end in fright.

"Not good! It's Uncle Mirande. Cui Yao jumped up, rushed to his camel in three steps and two steps, stepped on the hump, and shouted loudly, "Drive!" Drive! ”

The other entourages also got on the camels one after another, Cui Yao turned around and looked, and under the starlight, he saw that about two hundred steps behind him, dozens of armored and helmet cavalry were rushing towards this side, he reacted very quickly, and shouted to everyone: "Everyone flee separately, quickly!" ”

Without waiting for everyone to agree, he urged the camel and fled in the direction of due east, this damn Zhelfar, until now he still refuses to let go of himself, he scolded secretly, while running quickly, there are constantly screams behind him, this is his entourage suffered, the camel rested for a long time, full of physical strength, ran along the sand dunes for a while, and ran out of four or five miles in one breath, Cui Yao secretly looked back, and couldn't help but secretly complain, only to see three small black dots on the high sand dunes chasing towards him, and the starlight was very clear, This must have been a cavalryman who refused to give up his goal, and he desperately urged the camel to speed up, and he was eager to run with the camel on his shoulder.

Although the endurance of the horse can not be compared with the camel, but in the short sprint, the camel is not the opponent of the war horse, seeing that the three pursuers are getting closer and closer to him, only less than two miles, when rushing down a sand dune, Cui Yaoxin is horizontal, pulled out a sharp scimitar, jumped off the camel, on the sand dune he hit a dozen rolls in a row, before slowly stopping, he was dizzy, barely climbed to the right side of the sand dune front, here is about a zhang higher than the sand road, is the only way to pursue the soldiers.

In a moment, a rapid gasp came from under the dune, three cavalrymen had rushed up the dune, they stopped, and then accelerated to chase the camel in the distance, just the moment they passed by Cui Yao's side, Cui Yao suddenly jumped down, cut off the neck of the last cavalryman, he kicked him off the horse, but the war horse was also frightened all of a sudden, it neighed, the hooves leaned forward, Cui Yao did not grasp the reins, but was also thrown off the horse, and rolled down the dune.

The other two cavalrymen saw that their companions were killed, they couldn't help but be furious, jumped off their horses and chased after Cui Yao, Cui Yao's arm was also scratched by the knife, drenched in blood, and the knife didn't know where to lose, at this moment, he didn't care about checking the wound, stumbled and ran forward, he lost too much blood, his head had gradually begun to dizzy, one foot deep and one foot shallow running, but he knew in his heart that he was going to die here today, at this time, he saw two camels a hundred steps ahead, was it his own dazzle?

But it was too late, but the pursuers behind were getting closer and closer, less than two feet apart, and they raised their bright scimitars and yelled at Cui Yao.

At this moment of life and death, an arrow swished! shot from the ground, hitting the face of a soldier, Cui Yao only heard a coquettish shout in his ears: "Take your life!" ”

Then there was a long scream, and his heart suddenly relaxed, and he fell to the ground limply, and his eyes were dark, and he didn't know anything.